Cardio-pulmonary exercise testing: An objective approach to pre-operative assessment to define level of perioperative care

Cardio-pulmonary exercise testing: An objective approach to pre-operative assessment to define level of perioperative care

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing is a non-invasive, objective method of assessing integrated response of heart, lungs and musculoskeletal system to incremental exercise. Though it has been in use for a few decades, the recent rise in its use as a preoperative test modality is reviewed. A brief accou...

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Main Authors: Milind Bhagwat, Kaggere Paramesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Anaerobic threshold
cardiopulmonary exercise testing
congestive heart failure
cycle ergometer
exercise tolerance
functional capacity
postoperative mortality
preoperative assessment
VE/VCO 2 slope
VO 2max
Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2010;volume=54;issue=4;spage=286;epage=291;aulast=Bhagwat

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